Adventures of Clay and Pam

Well, as you may or may not be able to tell (remember you can click any picture to enlarge it), we have a view from the upstairs - if you can imagine out the windows there in the fourth picture it ranges from a 5-10 mile view to a 25-30 mile view depending on the direction you choose to look. Simply beautiful. - but you have all seen it. Well, you kids have seen it. You can even get a glimpse of Lake Travis. Up until now, the gameroom has been declared "Clay's Office" and he does have a beautiful teak desk and a gorgeous view from it. However, he mostly works at the kitchen table using his laptop. As time has gone by, the room just started collecting junk. I hated to take company out to the balcony deck because it was through this junk room. And we just didn't need another tv room or office - there are both downstairs! So, we put our heads together and decided on a pool table/gameroom. The pool table arrives on Friday.

I put up the light, which I found on craigslist.com - it reminded me of Bill's. As you can see, I have a little more work to do on it....stupid light. Why does it hang crooked???? There is no cover at the ceiling because after about a bazillion wiring/unwiring's I was finally ready to screw everything together and ....oh, great... I left off the cover.... I couldn't hold my arms in the air another moment, so there it stands...and may always....If I were an electrician I would charge by the hour. This job has taken me at least 6 hours and if I hadn't done and redone so many times, I am sure it could have been done in 30 minutes. I also took down the ceiling fan. I want credit for that. Without being electrocuted!

The picture of the red stools and table...another story. I put together the table!!! All 800 million pieces! Except the feet, which would have made it 5 inches taller. Cuter, but too tall. I already had the round glass and put coasters from our travels under the glass top. The stools are new and although I could have gotten the taller ones and made the table taller, well, maybe I will go back and get taller stools. They were available. The table and chairs won't live in that corner, but, as I said, the pool table arrives on Friday, so I am getting done all I can this week. Tomorrow I have to take the desk apart. Whew.

Any ideas on how to make the stupid light hang straight are welcome. I was out of energy. Clay does not do ladders, so I did all of this while he played golf today. I really love building.....

I also bought a Wii today and lots of games to play up there, but I think I am going to take that all back and save it for another day. The pool table and a simple dart board should hold our attention for a long while.